Canomyces Rahul Sharma & Shouche gen. nov.

Index Fungorum number: MB 829249; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13278

Etymology: Named in the honour of Dr. Josep Lira- Cano for his many contribution to the order Onygenales.

Description: Ascomata solitary, globose, cream coloured. Peridium made up of loosely arranged undifferentiated hyphae. Asci globose, pale brown, evanescent, 8-spored. Ascospores unicellular, pale cream to yellowish, regularly punctate-reticulate. Asexual morph Narrow elongate arthroconidia.

Type Species: Canomyces reticulatus Rahul Sharma & Shouche (2018)